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The deal also provides funding for full-day pre-K, an extra $300 million for small and mid-sized school districts, and an additional $800 million for growing and rural districts. School safety funding ...
The Texas Senate gave initial approval to an $8.5 billion school funding bill late Thursday that will increase teacher pay ...
The Texas House and Senate both passed their versions of a major school finance bill, HB 2, and on Thursday reached an ...
The bill includes $4.2 billion for teacher and staff pay raises and $850 million for an overhaul of special education.
A raft of social conservative priorities backed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick hang in the balance, including efforts to infuse more ...
The deal appears to strike a face-saving compromise for both chambers over how to increase funds for the state’s public ...
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation into law on Saturday that creates Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) in Texas. Texas Republicans call the legislation "school choice." The $1 ...
Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows endorsed the proposal that raises teacher pay and ...
Several notable Lubbock organizations have joined 127 groups across Texas in urging state lawmakers to pass a $100 million child care funding bill.
School choice might not be the only major reform that finally gets to Governor Abbott’s desk this year, after being stymied ...
The bill has already passed out of the House thanks to House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, Appropriations Chair Greg Bonnen, R-League City, and Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Armando Walle ...